Víctor M. Reñazco
Youth Journalist – Mexico YouthForce.

Mexico City, Mexico. While visiting Global Village the UN Secretary visited the Youth Pavillion to say hi to young people. This was the only booth he visited at the Global Village, and it was an honor to have him among us.

Ban Ki-Moon said to the youth adelgates “You are the leaders of this generation, the leaders of our world”, and he also encourage young poeple to continue working for young people affected and infected by HIV and AIDS. For young people living with HIV he said “Do not loose your hope, you will overcome this challenge”.

Joya Banerjee form the Mexico YouthForce said “even though he didn’t make a specific commitment to youth he has a lot of potential to make change on this issue for youth people, and it was great that he made a step here” .

The subcommite of the Youth Pavillion gave him and his wife a T-shirt with the messages of advocacy created for the Conference, as a present for visiting the Youth Pavillion.